salmo
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Had to brush out my dog when the snow got balled up in her fur. What do you think? Cream caddis or sulfur dry dubbing? I will probably float like CDC.
Cream caddis or Sulfur
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Bamboozle
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Either...
In regards to Sulphurs, even though I use pale yellow synthetic today, my go-to used to be bleached racoon that came out the color of your dog. 🙂
I also tie a pure white Sulphur for fishing the hatch after dark...
In regards to Sulphurs, even though I use pale yellow synthetic today, my go-to used to be bleached racoon that came out the color of your dog. 🙂
I also tie a pure white Sulphur for fishing the hatch after dark...
salmo
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Who wants a bag of doodle dubbing ?
GoldenRfly
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Or light Cahill.
My avatar pic is dubbing from my golden retriever. I use it for the “float factor” (and “fun factor”).
I’ve been told it resembles a light Cahill. It works when I see light colored mayflies … that’s all I care about.
Have fun with it… it’s great catching a fish that’s aided from “man’s best friend” materials.
My avatar pic is dubbing from my golden retriever. I use it for the “float factor” (and “fun factor”).
I’ve been told it resembles a light Cahill. It works when I see light colored mayflies … that’s all I care about.
Have fun with it… it’s great catching a fish that’s aided from “man’s best friend” materials.
6xAdams(Jones)
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A long time ago, one of my sons tied an Adams using grey schnoodle underfur. He should have treated it on the vise with floatant. When he applied Gink streamside, it took forever to dry. That was from our dearly departed Moose. Now we have Molly, another schnoodle with both ginger and cream underfur.
Richbo69
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Funny. My two yellow labs shed constantly, especially this time of year. I am always picking up clumps of fur. Just the other day I was wondering if I could make dubbing out of it and tie. Might have to give it a try.
Olddominionsmoke
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I have two old dubbing bags that I have full of each of my dogs fur. I have tied a couple (cream colored golden retriever and a tawny English mastiff) both did catch fish. I expect those bags of dubbing will never be fully used, gonna keep them as my own tribute when my dogs are gone.
First guide I ever hired showed me a few flies that are made from his old dogs fur and he can’t bring himself to fish with them, it’s a way for him to bring his old fishing buddy with him.
First guide I ever hired showed me a few flies that are made from his old dogs fur and he can’t bring himself to fish with them, it’s a way for him to bring his old fishing buddy with him.
fly_flinger
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In case you don't know this trick, which I unfortunately just learned this year, using a simple wire whisk removes those snowballs better than anything I've ever tried. Just rub it over the snowballs and they break up and fall off. Get the bare wire kind so it doesn't pull the fur. Wish I had known this trick years ago. And so do the dogs!
JimKennedy
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More evidence that dogs are proof that God loves us.
salmo
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Truer words were never spoken.
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That's a great idea tying sulfphurs in white dubbing for the night. I guess the color matters little to the fish?
goose54cdd
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I love it. I'd tie some light cahills with it. I never saw a cream caddis in my part of PA. More evidence that dogs are proof God loves us.
salmo
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The fur on her back is actually an apricot color. I tie my sulfurs with a cream/pale orange color
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goose54cdd
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Geez, my buddy gave me a tube of dog hair from one of his dogs to use as dubbing. I thought he was kidding. I think it's a very light tan color. Should I wash it to get out the dog smell before I tie with it?
salmo
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Nah. It's actually like scented baits like Gulp! 🙂
Bamboozle
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My night Sulphurs are completely white; white tails, wings, dubbing & hackle. In my experience, the fish could care less...
Shawn_H
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That golden is handsome
tomgamber
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Pale Morning Dog
PMD
PMD
dc410
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Back about 45 years or so ago I got into a hatch right at dark on the FFO section of the West Branch of the Octararo in southern Lancaster County. I only had two kinds of dry flies with me - light ones and dark ones. Many years later I realized that I hit a really good sulphur hatch at dark that night - I honestly didn’t even know what a sulphur was back then. I fished till I lost all of my light colored dry flies that night - either on fish or in the brush. I remember catching 21 trout that evening on my Shakespeare Wonderrod before I ran out of flies. Those memories just kind of stick with you, not bad for an inexperienced fly fishing punk way back in the day!
